Musings,mutterings and a mishmash of crafting from a jumble-sale addict.

Tuesday, 23 October 2012

Let's get culling

In case you hadn't realised, Mr J and P and my good self are dreadful hoarders. Mr J and P is a terrible one for his books and I'm just terrible with everything. Yes, dear readers, it's official: I've got too much stuff.

I hereby declare to cull my collection of jars, for a starter, which are cluttering up the kitchen work top. Lovely though they are - some are just sitting there EMPTY - and I haven't got anything to put in them because everything is in jars or some such container already. I know, it's madness.

I'd like to show you my collection of vintage sheets which I'm massing at a steady rate in order to make a patchwork duvet cover. However, they're stuffed in bags in my wardrobes (yes, I have two - a constant irritation to Mr J and P who is not happy with his mere one) and I can't get to grips with them. I can't shut the wardrobe doors properly and every time I open a door something falls out. It's very annoying.

I need to get organised.....

I need to cull......

and, more importantly, I need to make room for more stuff..............

So, what
have I been buying? Well, take a look at this 1970s "Revelation"
vanity case complete with its tag and never used (ebay £9.99):

The inside is pristine

It even came with these plastic containers which I'm inexplicably overexcited about

29 comments:

I'm getting like that with old coffee pots! It's madness, I can't get anything useful on the kitchen shelves any more!Dee sent me that orange stacking thing. I love it, too. I usually use it for buffet nibbles but it seemed a shame to save it for special occasions so it's now holding my Barry M collection instead.Get that patchwork done, I need to admire it! x

Is there a 12 step program or something for hoarders, I'm sure I have "too much" of certain things, but I'm just not ready to take that first step! I do applaud you though, but this is one post I mustn't mention to hubster or he might make that step for me, crazy fool thinks I have too many tins, too much fabric!

I am exactly the same when it comes to kitchen cannisters, I have loads. I absolutely love your orange serving stand and the floral picture. I'm very jealous. If I lived closer to you I would suggest a super bloggy junk swapover!! :)

Yay for the retro cook off! I'm in too, actually i better get cracking looking for a recipe! Culling is hard, we hoard too and its like pulling teeth (mainly cos its me trying to cull his stuff). Love the painting, very cheery and on the cool side of retro x

I know, I know - I'm holding my hands up over here too, I'm just the same...Tins, jars, glassware, dresses, trashy jewellery, vintage scarves, tights - can't resist new tights in their packets for a snip in charity shops... I seem to have forgotten I just have the 2 legs, and only wear one pair of tights at a time.I'll cull if you cull, Loo!That said - I love all your jars, the genie bottles, and the painting. The vanity case is a beauty, and I love the orange nibbley thing. So don't cull those! xxx

It's the orange plastic tray thingymebooby for me! It's a beauty Loo. And practical too. Which from what you've written is an important consideration. The Anenmomies print is lovely too (and practical - for decorative purposes!)Even though I've been showing-off a few treasures on the blog lately, you'd admire my steely resolve if you saw the stuff I leave behind. Still, thank goodness we've got two sheds because I can clutter them up as much as I like. I've started giving stuff away Loo, that's my way of dealing with 'hoarding' I gave every single one of my vintage sheets away (there were lots of them) and gee I felt good afterwards...clean, and less weighed down (and only a tiny bit sad) Ha! Ha!Thanks for mentioning our cook-off Loo, you didn't need to do that, you lovely thing you xxx

We really do suffer from the same affliction I think. I am constantly stressed by my collections & clutter, but I am driven like a heroin addict to obtain more stuff. Most of my jars/tins etc have nothing in them either! Those genie bottles are gorgeous, they cost a bomb here. My only solution for the wardrobe monster is space bags. Now I hunt down space bags (their little zip lock edges excite me!). My hubby says I have a space bag issue now too. It never ends! Xx

We are all the same!I am also having a good sort out at the mo, only keeping stuff I need or truly love.I am going to join the retro cook off. All my cooking is a bit retro, don't know why?Good luck patch working and if your fabric needs a new home I will happily make room for it in my caravan. Xxx

I'm hopefully joining the cook off, just need to find something sufficiently scary! Love all your new finds, feel your pain on the clutter though. Bloody charity shop had all its books for 10p each last week! Those decanters are pretty awesome. And the picture and the spinny orange thing too x

I have had a ginormous cull recently - I just turned into a mad woman!! Flinging stuff away like there was no tomorrow! No doubt I'll deeply regret half of it this time next year but for now it's LOVELY!!

Im like you! i have some jars (not as many as yours though hehe) that i kept buying from the charity shop and put them everywhere in the house (especially in the kitchen) but empty hehe my wardrobe's door cant be closed anymore and i need to get rid off some stuff in order to buy more stuff hehehehe....but i love the vanity case you bought and those perfumes collection of yours! the picture is so pretty too!